“The Norilsk city court arrested Smirnov for one month 21 days - until July 31 inclusive. According to Art. 246 of the Criminal Code, ”RIA Novosti quotes the official representative of the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court, Oksana Veselova.
On June 10, the Investigative Committee announced the detention of the director of the CHP.
The chief engineer of the enterprise, Alexei Stepanov, and his deputy, Yuri Kuznetsov, were also detained.
On June 11, the UK instituted criminal proceedings against the head of Norilsk, Rinat Akhmetchin, due to an accident at the thermal power plant.
On May 29, diesel fuel spilled at the CHPP-3 owned by Norilsk Nickel. The pollution area, according to the prosecutor's office, amounted to 180 thousand square meters. m. After the emergency, four criminal cases were instituted.
On June 7, the first deputy head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, Alexander Chupriyan, said that it would take about two weeks to eliminate the consequences of a fuel spill.